Rowan's Glassboro campus-wide lead remediation plan is complete and all drinking water meets state and federal standards for safety. In July 2016, lead was discovered in the water of Linden Hall and several other buildings on the Glassboro campus, a finding that triggered a comprehensive study of drinking water and the development of an action plan to correct the situation.

The William G. Rohrer Charitable Foundation has committed $5 million to Rowan University’s William G. Rohrer College of Business to establish a permanent endowment within the college to attract, support and graduate Honors business students.

A message from Rowan University President Dr. Ali Houshmand: We have reached many important milestones over the past decade but few will have the effect on our university as our latest leap. I am proud to announce U.S. News & World Report has entered Rowan into its NATIONAL UNIVERSITY rankings category. The U.S. News 2018 Best Colleges ranking places Rowan University at #90 among the public institutions ranked and #171 overall among 311 national universities.

Rowan University’s celebrated undergraduate and graduate public relations programs were recertified and certified, respectively, by the Public Relations Society of America this summer following a comprehensive four-day review.